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Towards the Sea Ice and Wind Measurement by a C-Band Scatterometer at Dual VV/HH Polarization: A Prospective Appraisal
by Alexey Nekrasov, Alena Khachaturian, Ján Labun, Pavol Kurdel and Mikhail Bogachev
Remote Sens. 2020, 12(20), 3382; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12203382 - 16 Oct 2020
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Following the mission science plan of EPS/Metop-SG C-band scatterometer for 2023–2044, we consider the potential application of the sea ice/water discrimination method based on the minimum statistical distance of the measured normalized radar cross sections (NRCS) to the geophysical model functions (GMF) of [...] Read more.
Following the mission science plan of EPS/Metop-SG C-band scatterometer for 2023–2044, we consider the potential application of the sea ice/water discrimination method based on the minimum statistical distance of the measured normalized radar cross sections (NRCS) to the geophysical model functions (GMF) of the sea ice and water, respectively. The application of the method is considered for the classical spacecraft scatterometer geometry with three fixed fan-beam antennas and the hypothetical prospective scatterometer geometry with the five fixed fan-beam antennas. Joint vertical (VV) and horizontal (HH) transmit and receive polarization are considered for the spaceborne scatterometer geometries. We show explicitly that the hypothetical five fixed fan-beam antenna geometry combined with the dual VV and HH polarization for all antennas provides better estimates of the sea wind speed and direction as well as sea ice/water discrimination during single spacecraft pass. The sea ice/water discrimination algorithms developed for each scatterometer geometry and dual VV/HH polarization are presented. The obtained results can be used to optimize the design of new spaceborne scatterometers and will be beneficial to the forthcoming satellite missions. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing in Sea Ice)
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